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Gombe NNPP seat faulty APC
Abdullahi Umar, Gombe State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, has defected to the All Progressives Congress.
The NNPP has taken over main opposition status in the state house as it has replaced the People’s Democratic Party, which has four in the 24-member house.
Our correspondent reports that Gombe’s NNPP has welcomed thousands of defectors from the APC and PDP through its gubernatorial candidate, Khamisu Mailantarki.
However, according to a press statement made available to our correspondent by Ismaila Misilli, the director general of the party, “Umar (the state chairman of the party) announced his defection after meeting with Governor Yahaya Inuwa today (Thursday) at his residence. .”
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